FMCG shares, ITC and Hindustan Unilever were the top Sensex losers along with HDFC and Hindalco.

Among other shares, Shares of mid-and-small sized banks such has Karnataka Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, South Indian Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank, Development Credit Bank and Karur Vysya Bank gained sharply today after the RBI governor said that foreign banks to enter India and also be allowed to takeover domestic banks.

MindTree gained 5.3% after FIIs increased stake to 45.18% in September quarter compared with 39.44% holding at the end of June quarter.

Shares of Wockhardt ended down 5% after UK’s medicines regulator withdrew its certification to its unit, which generated annual revenues of GBP 12 million (about Rs 117 crore).

TTK Prestige ended down 2.5% after reporting a flat net profit of Rs 30.30 crore for the second quarter of financial year 2013-14 compared with Rs 30.28 crore in the same period last year.

In the broader market, the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap indices ended up 0.5-0.6% each.

Market breadth ended positive with 1,291 gainers and 1,130 losers on the BSE.